Service difficulty report · Contactor · Cessna 172M

Difficulty date
August 16, 2010
Submitted
August 20, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N12766
Make and model
Cessna 172M
Aircraft serial
17262240
Engine
Lyc O320*
Part
Contactor
Part number
111138D
Condition
Stuck
Location
Starter
Part time
144 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

START CONTACTOR STUCK IN CLOSED POSITION. TURNED MASTER ON AND STARTER MOTOR WOULD ENGAGE, HAVE TO TURN MASTER OFF TO STOP STARTER. THIS CONTACTOR WAS CHANGED 8 MONTHS AGO FOR SAME PROBLEM. HAVE HAD SAME PROBLEM ON OTHER MAKES OF ACFT IN THE PAST. SEEMS TO COINCIDE WITH THE USE OF HIGH TORQUE STARTERS. VERY DANGEROUS.

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